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Sep 07, 2024
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MUS 238 - Musicianship Skills 4 Credits: 2 2 Lecture Hours
Prerequisites: MUS 237 Co-requisites: MUS 229 recommended
Description This course builds upon the aural music theory skills developed in Musicianship Skills 3. It includes sight singing and dictation exercises that contain chromatic elements, diatonic modes, non-diatonic scales and more advanced rhythmic techniques such as syncopation, mixed meter and borrowed division of the beat. Aural identification of large scale musical forms is included as well. Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Sing diatonic modes.
- Sing non-diatonic scales.
- Interpret music in the treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs while sight-singing melodies that contain chromatic elements, diatonic modes, non-diatonic scales, syncopation, mixed meter and borrowed division of the beat.
- Interpret sound patterns presented aurally while taking rhythmic, melodic, two-part and four-part (harmonic) dictation in simple and compound meters.
- Identify the large scale form of music presented aurally.
Listed Topics
- 18th and 19th-century musical forms
- 20th and 21st-century techniques
- Motivic manipulation
- Phrase rhythm
- Diatonic modes
- Non-diatonic scales
- Syncopation
- Mixed meters
- Melodic, rhythmic, two-part and four-part (harmonic) dictation
Reference Materials Textbook, CDs, sheet music, internet Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals: - Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning
Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 12/15/2014 Last Reviewed: 5/13/2021
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